The firm was founded in 1980 by William R. Wilson, Jr. and Stephen Engstrom, as "Wilson & Engstrom." For over twenty years the firm's offices were located at 809 W. 3d Street. The firm added two partners in 1984, Roxanne T. Wilson and Gary D. Corum, and the firm's name was changed to "Wilson, Engstrom & Corum."

In 1986 Timothy O. Dudley joined the firm as a partner. For the next eight years the firm was known as Wilson, Engstrom, Corum & Dudley.

The firm suffered a tragic loss in 1992 with the untimely death of partner Roxanne Wilson. Roxanne was an extremely capable trial lawyer and an invaluable part of the firm's operations.

Her sudden illness and death from cancer was keenly felt by the entire Arkansas bar, which responded by establishing important scholarships and awards in her honor. The firm's partners have continued to include the name of Roxanne Wilson in the firm's name, as a tribute to a fallen comrade who is still deeply missed.

In 1993, Nate Coulter joined the firm as partner and the firm took the name Wilson, Engstrom, Corum & Coulter. Later that same year President Clinton appointed founding partner William R. Wilson, Jr. as United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Wilson, Engstrom, Corum & Coulter purchased and constructed a new suite of offices on the sixth floor of the newly constructed Arkansas Capital Commerce Center in 2002. The building is located at the corner of Third and Commerce Streets in the River Market District of downtown Little Rock, a rapidly developing area which also contains the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, as well as a number of other significant buildings and attractions. These new offices allow the firm to serve its clients with state of the art facilities and the latest in technology.